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10th National Swiss Parks Market, 21 May 2026

On 21 May 2026, the Bundesplatz will transform into a festival of culinary delights. Taste the finest regional specialities from the Swiss parks and meet passionate producers! The programme includes tastings, games and activities for young and old, music – everything you need to enjoy for a great time. Save the date!

9th national Swiss parks market, 15th May 2025

Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2025, ist der Pärke-Markt zurück auf dem Bundesplatz in Bern. Auf dem Programm stehen Spezialitäten, Degustationen, Spiele und Mitmach-Aktivitäten an den Ständen, Musik und alles, was es braucht für eine gute Zeit. Reservieren Sie sich das Datum schon jetzt!
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Naturpark Diemtigtal

Grabenweidli fireplace on the valley hiking trail

Grabenweidli fireplace on the valley hiking trail

Fireplace
Parc régional Chasseral

Graines de Chercheurs ÉNERGIE

Die Schüler entdecken verschiedene Formen und Verwendungen von Energie, lernen aber auch die Herausforderungen kennen, vor die sie uns in Zukunft stellen wird.

Offer for classes
Parc régional Chasseral

Graines de Chercheurs LANDSCHAFT

Mithilfe von alten Fotoaufnahmen und durch Beobachten lernen die Schülerinnen und Schüler, typische Merkmale in der Landschaft zu erkennen. Sie stellen sich vor und schlagen Wege vor, wie sie ihre nähere Umgebung gestalten können.

Offer for classes
Parc régional Chasseral

Graines de Chercheurs OBSTGARTEN

Während vier Jahreszeiten entdecken die Schüler die Bedeutung eines Obstgartens in der Nähe ihrer Schule.

Offer for classes
Parc régional Chasseral

Graines de chercheurs SCHWALBEN

Die Schüler verfolgen die Spur der Schwalben in der Nähe des Schulhauses, studieren die Zusammenhänge zwischen Schwalben, Landschaft und Gebäude im Quartier und beteiligen sich an der Vogelzählung.

Offer for classes
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Grand Canyon? Illgraben!

Alps, flowers, mountain lakes and a unique view into the Valais Grand Canyon

Hiking trail
Length: 17.00km
Parc régional Chasseral

Grand Chasseral Tourisme

Grand Chasseral Tourisme ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der seit über fünfundvierzig Jahren aktiv ist und eine zentrale Rolle bei der Entwicklung und Förderung des Tourismus in der Region Grand Chasseral spielt.

Services
Parc régional Chasseral

Grand Chasseral Tourist Office - La Couronne

Grand Chasseral

Visitor centerInformation center
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Grand Hôtel des Avants « Le Châtelard »

Built by Jean-Louis Dufour between 1873 and 1874 in Les Avants, the Grand Hôtel opened its doors to clients in 1877. Several famous guests have been known to stay here, notably Ernest Hemingway, who references Les Avants in his book Farewell to Arms. The 1930s economic crisis, forced the hotel to close its doors in 1936.
In about 1927, Dorothy Braginton opened a boarding school for young girls in Montreux, close to Chatelard Castle. She called it the Ecole du Chatelard. Soon the building was too small for growing student population. So when the Grand Hotel des Avants closed, the girls moved in.
Oak International bought the building in 1992 and founded "Le Chatelard Academy", a girls boarding school where students from around the world study human values and French.

Historical building
Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois

Grand Risoud VTT

This itinerary passes along the shores of the Lac de Joux then through the Risoud Forest.

Mountainbike trail
Time required: 4 hoursLength: 31.00km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Grand Tour des Vanils

The Grand Tour des Vanils is divided into 11 stages around the Park. The tour can be done in its entirety, in stages or by combining them over several days.

Hiking trail
Time required: 70 hoursLength: 158.00km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Grandvillard

Located on the right bank of the Sarine, a strong pastoral economy and highly developed cheese market contributed to the wealth of Grandvillard. The result is a strongly urbanized village of narrow streets, with many opulent-looking buildings, stone facades, and late gothic style window frames. Follow the marked walking path, to explore this remarkable group of historic homes and farms of national interest ( such as the exquisite 1666 Bannaret home) .
Well known in the region, Bounavaux cabin is a popular spot amongst nature lovers. Located at the west entrance of the Vanil-Noir Nature Reserve, it allows for easy access to the pre-alps and majestic beauty of the reserve. Managed by Pro Natura, the reserve is home to many interesting geologic elements, botanical wonders and diverse mountain fauna.

Site
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Grandvillard - Lessoc

The trail leads out of Grandvillard , then over the stream of Les Marais to below the waterfall and to the grotto, which is a place of Gruyère pilgrimage . In the village centre there is a well with its imposing cupola.

Theme trailHiking trailOther routes
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 4.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Grandvillard cheese dairy

The architecture of Grandvillard, which dates predominately from the 17th to 19th century, bears witness to the major contribution that cheesemaking made to the local alpine economy. Today, this remarkable stone and timber architectural ensemble is now classified as a heritage site of national importance. It is also the last remaining vestige of a now-extinct alpine civilisation that owed its existence to the production and sale of cheese.
The village, however, continues to uphold this age-old tradition. The current dairy was built in the 1930s and has since undergone renovation work, first in 2001 and later in 2010. Master cheesemaker Laurent Python uses milk from cows which graze on pastures perched at an altitude of between 750 and 1,500 metres to make his Gruyère AOP. The village’s 12 dairy farmers deliver a daily supply of milk that meets the most exacting quality standards. The annual milk yield of 1,800,000 kg is transformed into some 4,500 wheels of Gruyère AOP, as well as double cream and sérac (whey cheese). Laurent Python also makes Vacherin fribourgeois AOP; it took gold at the 2018 Swiss Cheese Award.
As well as cheesemaking facilities and ripening cellars, Grandvillard boasts a cheese shop and restaurant, le Pic Vert.

Producer
Naturpark Gantrisch

Grasburg Schwarzenburg

Die Ruine Grasburg steht auf einem Felssporn an der Sense. Im 16. Jahrhundert wurde das herrschaftliche Schloss Schwarzenburg mit Material aus der Grasburg erbaut.

Historical buildingHistorical placeCastle
Naturpark Gantrisch

Grasburg: Die Ruine erwacht!

Wer lebte einst hinter diesen dicken Mauern? Wie wurde entschieden, wer eintreten durfte? Und was hat das mit dem Leben von heute zu tun?

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Naturpark Beverin

Graubünden Bike Etappe 10

Biken auf den Spuren der Walser, vom engen Valsertal ins weite Val Lumnezia. Der Tomülpass bietet Traumsicht auf die Gipfelwelt und ins mystische Safiental. Die Blumenwiesen und Alpweiden des Lugnez bilden dazu einen attraktiven Kontrast.

Mountainbike trail
Time required: 5 hoursLength: 49.50km
Naturpark Beverin

Graubünden Bike Section 9

A long ascent leads over the Glaspass into the Safiental. Among bikers the trail is known to be as demanding as it is legendary. The old mule trail twists down almost vertically, sometimes between bands of rock, to tiny Safien Platz.

Mountainbike trail
Time required: 3 hours 30 minutesLength: 17.20km
Parc Ela

Graubünden Route

Rugged and steep up through the Schinschlucht (gorge) to Tiefencastel, later nice and easy through the Alvaneuer Albulatal, where sulphur springs promise relief. High above, red trains on the curved Landwasser viaduct.

Bicycle tour
Length: 30.00km
Naturpark Beverin

Graubünden Route

300m deep: Viamala, the most awe-inspiring Rhaetian gorge. 800-year-old mythical creatures hover on the ceiling of Zillis Church - the most famous wooden ceiling in the Western world. Old wooden dwellings tiled with heavy gneiss slabs in Splügen.

E-bike itinerary
Time required: 2 hours 50 minutesLength: 27.00km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Gravel-Up – Abenteuer auf dem Gravelbike

Dein Partner für All-inclusive Gravelbike-Abenteuer in kleinen Gruppen durch den Naturpark Gantrisch und Europa. Sorgfältig geplante Routen von lokalen Guides zusammengestellt für ein sorgloses Erlebnis.

Sport / Free-timeGuided tour / ExcursionOffer for groups
UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch  

Great Moor Circular Trail Sörenberg

Open

Family expedition into the mysterious moor landscape of the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch

Theme trail
Time required: 1 hour 20 minutesLength: 4.45km
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Green Lizard Trail

Superb stroll through the vineyards with a view of the forest of Pfyn/Finges nature reserve
Distance 2 km
Time required 0 h 45
Altitude difference: Ascent 50 m
Altitude difference: Descent 50 m

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 45 minutesLength: 2.00km
UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch  

Greifen Sie nach den Sternen

Nach einem Abendessen im Gasthaus Engel in Hasle begeben Sie sich zu den Sternen: Es sind über 2000 Sterne, welche Sterngucker in einer klaren Nacht am Biosphären-Himmel bestaunen können.

Nature experienceCulture experienceCulinaryOffer for groups
Landschaftspark Binntal

Grengiols tulips

The botanist Eduard Thommen described them as an independent species. "Tulipa grengiolensis" has been considered since then as a unique species of tulip that only grows in Switzerland. It flowers only in the village of Grengiols and its surroundings.

FaunaFloraNatural landscape / Habitat
Landschaftspark Binntal

Grengiols – Bister cultural trail (circular route)

Open

Short hike starting in the picturesque village of Grengiols to the small, beautiful village of Bister and back again.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 6.20km
Landschaftspark Binntal

Grengiols – Firsitten – Grengiols

Covered with snow

An interesting circular trail that leads you past a number of cultural highlights. The hike takes about 4-5 hours. The route can also start with the Tulip Ring.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 20 minutesLength: 10.42km
Landschaftspark Binntal

Grengiols – Zenhäusern – Bister – Grengiols

Open

A varied circular walk that takes you past a traditional irrigation channel (Suone) to Zenhäusern, Binnelti, Bister, and back to Grengiols. The hike lasts about 3 hours.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 9.00km
Landschaftspark Binntal

Grengiols-Breithorn-Grengiols

Closed

The toughest mountain bike tour in the entire Binntal Landscape Park.

Mountainbike trail
Time required: 3 hours 15 minutesLength: 15.00km
Parc régional Chasseral

Grenzsteinweg

Betrachten Sie alte Grenzsteine, welche vor 1950 gesetzt wurden und die Grenze der früheren Gemeinden Tramelan-Dessus und Tramelan-Dessous markierten.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 5.30km